I think people occasionally submit present-tense articles for past events to try to make some very specific kind of point, sort of like a "have you forgotten?".

It's a bit bewildering and I'm not totally sure I understand the point.

The one that comes to mind recently was a 6 September 2012 submission with headline "Swedish rape warrant for Wikileaks' Assange cancelled" linking to the article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11049316 from 2010.